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EventArchbishop Mpilo Desmond Tutu, chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, is born in Klerksdorp, Transvaal
… Black Archbishop of the Church of the Province of Southern Africa in Cape Town (thereby leader of the Anglican Church in South Africa), was born in…
EventP.W. Botha proposes a 'Constellation of States'
… establishment of the “Constellation of States” for South Africa's different races. The constellation of states would include South Africa's neighbours and…
EventSalman Rushdie’s visit is still on
… public lecture from the Islamic Council of Southern Africa, the Weekly Mail (now Mail and Guardian) announces … governments and other governments such as…
EventPresident Yasser Arafat arrives in SA
… arrived in Cape Town on his first state visit to South Africa at the invitation of President Nelson Mandela. The … 1995. Arafat's visit raised controversy…
EventKaNgwane is proclaimed a self-governing territory.
… is among the 10 homelands that were created to rid South Africa of its Black citizens; this was carried out in terms … was the homeland of the Swazi people…
Message by Oliver Tambo on the 40th anniversary of the three doctors` pact, 09 March 1987
… heroic struggles led by the great Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa, has always been a source of inspiration and strength … of the racist regime and the…
EventGeneral H. Van Den Bergh blames the SACP for anti
… in exile. BOSS was at the cutting edge of Apartheid South Africa's fight against what it considered a threat on the … security legislation to put down the…
Evidence before the Foreign Affairs Committee of the house of commons: Oliver Tambo, 29 October 1985, London
… the fact that we are largely operating outside South Africa and are illegal within South Africa itself. The National Consultative Conference appoints … all…
Chapter 2 - The lack of a workers’ party
… lack of a workers' party The industrialisation of South Africa brought into exÂistence the massive black working … alternative to the racist system of…
ArchiveSpeech by I B Tabata
… meeting of the African Peoples' Democratic Union of South Africa about imperialism overseas and in South Africa. …
ArchiveCHAPTER TWO: Class, Consiousness and Organisation inthe Political Development of Indian South Africans, 1860 - 1979 by Kumi Naidoo
This chapter comes from the book
Address by President Mandela at ECOWAS Abuja, 30 October 1998
… personally also my final visit as the President of South Africa and Chairman of SADC. I thank you most sincerely for … challenges faced by our two regions of…
Document 43 - Letter from T. W. Thibedi fo Leon Trotsky, 10 August 1932
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … Quite a lot has happened in the communist party of South Africa, private…
Address at the Opening of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 February 8, 2003
… CEO of the ICC, Minister of Sport and Recreation of South Africa, Mr Ngconde Balfour, and representatives of Kenya and … Guests, Volunteers, Peoples of the…
EventANC command structure in the Western Cape is arrested.
… of the Institute for a Democratic Alternative for South Africa (Idasa), a delegation of 62 people, mainly Afrikaners, … of national unity, and the nature of…
Address by President Nelson Mandela to the Joint Houses of Congress of the Republic Of Argentina Buenos Aires, 23 July 1998
… I thank you for the honour you do to the people of South Africa and to me personally, by granting me this opportunity … from each other and much to offer…
EventThe SA government presents a promotion of Constitutional Development Bill
… at the twilight of P.W. Botha’s career as both the South Africa and National Party leader. The following year Botha … bring about a new Constitutional…
Obituary: Dr Hastings Banda by Richard Dowden (Independent), 27 November 1997
… existence of white people was but a rumour in that part of Africa. As he was growing up near Lake Nyasa the first … for a young man then was between a hard…
Document 121 - A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), “The Colour Bar and the National Struggle for Full Democratic Rights”, Workers’ Voice, 1, 2, November 1944
… From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One … float back to the dreamy days when "socialists" in South Africa were mainly…
Address by President Jacob Zuma at the official launch of the Dube Trade Port and King Shaka International Airport, 8 May 2010, Tongaat, KwaZulu-Natal
… be shy to boast about it. We are changing the way South Africa works! Your Majesty, Distinguished guests, The launch … occurred at a better time. In less…
My Body Was Dying by Edwin Cameron (The Con), 10 March 2016
… booklet in his “Monday missives” – letters to South Africa which apparently seek to “set the record straight”. … I never would or could achieve this in…
Call for United Front by Albert Luthuli, 5 November 1961
… policy. The result was not unexpected. White South Africa has once again rejected the hand of friendship that … businessman; five years of further attacks…
13 notable women in Cape Town’s history, 6 August 2015
… a Master’s degree from UCT, to graduate from law in South Africa and to be called to the Cape Bar. 2. Surgeon who … first emergency caesarean, and the first…
Draft Report of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, submitted to the Annual Conference, December 15-17, 1950
… people are competent to solve their own problems. SOUTH AFRICA: 5. The policy of the white rulers in South Africa has undoubtedly aggravated the relations…
Address at a Banquet at the Guildhall London, 13 June 2001
… our people - the diverse but uniting citizens of South Africa. As a country we are far from Britain, yet very near. … key leader of the better-off, developed…
BiographyMassabalala (Bonnie) Yengwa
Massabalala Yengwa, was the son of the Zulu labourer who had been jailed during the African National Congress (ANC) anti-pass campaign of 1919. Yengwa was born…
Elias Monare
Elias Monare, from ‘Dube Street 1935, Wattville Natives Town, Benoni’ in the Transvaal [now Gauteng], was banished on 25 April 1955 at the age of 31 to ‘Glen…
EventA group of six White and several Black rebel army troops mounted another coup attempt on 21/22 November in Transkei, a Black ‘homeland’
… border. Relations between the Transkei and South Africa were strained, since Holomisa openly supported the … to decide on the possible reintegration into…
Bush Radio mourns, Professor William T. McClain (1923-2011)
… Attorney General of Indiana. His first interest of South Africa began in 1950”²s when he went to study at the School … this time he also followed the…
ArchiveThe Soul of a Nation
… people do ... it is crucial that the people of South Africa unite around a common respect for the Constitution ' … of The Soul of a Nation - Constitution…